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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 18:33:13 +0000
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On 04/11/2024 18:22, rbowman wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 10:15:31 +0100, D wrote:
> 
> 
>> Good question. These are some of the standard answers:
>>
>> "In terms of society, I think there will always be a demand for things
>> as long as humans have desires. Having AI replacing all production I
>> think we'll see the following activities for humans:
>>
>> * Sports * Pleasure/Hospitality/Leisure industry * Culture (human
>> created culture, plays, concerts will get premium value
>>     much like we can today buy factory produced items at a fraction of
>>     the price of handmade items.)
>> * Science (we'll do science with the help of AI, if they do not reach
>>     god-like status.)
>> * Teaching/education (having a human teacher will become a value-add
>>     even though everything would be available online and through AI:s)
>> * Raising children/family time * Philosophy * Space exploration (Yes, we
>> can send robots, but given a society rich
>>     enough I think the human will to explore and to "be there" will come
>>     into play.
>> * Religion/psychology/therapy
>>
>> So no matter how powerful AI becomes I think the above are examples of
>> areas where humans will still play a role and add value just by being
>> humans.".
> 
> The problem is with the exception of sports and portions of the leisure
> industry to put it bluntly many humans are not capable of those
> activities.
> 
Frankly I've come across plenty of people who are happy to live off 
social security, smoke dope, take pills and play 'GTA' and 'Call of Duty'


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